Game Boy:Creating Game Backups

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There is a wide variety of methods/hardware/software needed to create game backups for Game Boy family games. Each major method/hardware specific guides will be broken down into subcategories below.


Dedicated Flash/Backup Devices:

JoeyJR (BennVenn)

Coming Soon

GBxCart RW (insideGadgets)

Coming Soon

Cart Flasher for GameBoy (J. Rodrigo)

ALTANE

This device is very similar to the Reiner Ziegler based flashers above and has similar compatibility and features. Does not support bootleg or repro cart flashing but will flash homebrew carts like the device above. See this site for more info or you can buy one from Retromodding.




Arduino Based DIY Flash/Backup:

GB Cart Read (InsideGadgets)

Cartridge Reader for Arduino Mega2560




Flash/Backup as secondary function:

RetroN5 (Hyperkin)

Coming soon

Nintendo 64 + Everdrive 64 + Transfer Pak (u/Saturnu)




Deprecated/Hard to find

These are listed for reference only:

ALTANE (nitro2k01/ASM Retro)

SmartBoy Cart

GB Cart Shield (insideGadgets)

Retrode + GBx Plugin